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The SDAT Tennis Stadium, Nungambakkam when the Chennai Open is conducted every year | Photo Credit: R.
Ragumore-inThe annual Chennai Open ATP tennis tournament, which had doubts cast over its 2018 edition, has been cancelled. “The TNTA had told IMGR that they should find a title sponsor for Chennai Open 2018 and TNTA would raise the balance funds with the help of the Tamil Nadu government and other local sponsors and would live up to its obligations under the contract to conduct Chennai Open till 2019,” the statement said. Earlier in January, after the completion of Chennai Open 2017, the TNTA had informed IMGR that Aircel would no longer be the title sponsor for the ATP tournament, according to their statement. In a statement, the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) said that they received an email from IMGR cancelling the contract to conduct the event in 2018 and 2019. The event, owned by IMG and organised by IMG-Reliance, has been held in Tamil Nadu’s state capital for the last 21 years, The Hindu has reported..